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A publication of the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Uma publicação do Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
DOI: 10.36660/abcimg.20240086i
Abstract Cardiac masses, though rare, can lead to significant hemodynamic and arrhythmic issues, even if benign. Improved multimodal imaging has refined the diagnosis and understanding of these masses. We present an 85-year-old woman with New York Heart Association class II-III dyspnea for six months. Echocardiography showed a mass in the basal inferolateral wall of the left ventricle, along with severe left atrial dilation and moderate mitral regurgitation. Initially thought to be a pericardial cyst, further cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging […]
Keywords: Cardiac imaging techniques; Echinococcosis; Heart neoplasms